Theme 4 – Population and Settlement

1. Theme 4 – Population and Settlement

2. Starter Activity – Working in pairs, write down as many adjectives as you can for each photo below : Photo B Photo A Answer the questions below : Why is this area sparsely populated ? Why is this area densely populated ?

3. Lesson 1 – Population Distribution Key Questions • What does population distribution and population density mean ? • Where do people in Britain live ? • Why are people distributed unevenly across the Earth’s surface ?

4. Activity 1 – What does population distribution and population density mean ? • Read page 62 of Key Geography Book 1 Write down what the following key terms mean : Population Distribution Population Density Sparsely Populated Densely Populated - how spread out people are across the Earth’s surface - the number of people living in a given area (km²) - places with a few people living there with a low population density - places that are crowded with a high population density

5. Activity 2 – Where do people in Britain live ? Describe the population distribution of the UK Low Use HLGTA • H – Highest • L – Lowest • GT – General Trend • A - Anomaly Anomaly General Trend Choropleth map High

6. World Population Density – by country Western Europe and Asia are densely populated North America, South America and Africa have a low population density

7. Activity 3 - Why are people distributed unevenly across the Earth’s surface ? Natural Routes Relief Climate Physical Factors Water Supply Vegetation Natural Resources Soil Economic Human Factors Political Social

8. Plenary – what is the question ? From the Northwest to the Southeast Sparsely Uneven Densely The number of people per km² in a country How spread out people are across the Earth’s surface

9. Homework • Explain why some areas of the UK are densely populated and why some areas are sparsely populated.